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During a special legislative session last week, Colorado Democrats approved millions of dollars in family planning for Medicaid reimbursement, even as the state faces projected budget shortfall of up to $1.2 billion.
Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese said Democrats had a special meeting with last week’s mentality: “Don’t let the good crisis waste” as lawmakers direct millions of dollars in family planning, while the state faces $750 million Budget gap.
During this period, Colorado Democrats Medicaid reimbursement for family planning and tax credit fund insurance subsidies, while reducing substantial spending cuts to the governor. The total estimated losses for a large Beauty Act (HR-1) by President Donald Trump are close to $1.2 billion, but the state can only spend a certain ceiling under the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).
“In my area, most people don’t want their money to go there. But the bigger problem is… we’re not taking care of our own houses before taking care of someone else’s house.”
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House Republican Minority Leader Rose Pugliese spoke at last week’s special legislative session. (RJ Sangosti/Medianews Group/The Denver Post)
Republicans believe Democrats are eager to attend the special meeting with the passage of HR-1 as political cover, although the Joint Budget Committee told lawmakers in June that it expects a high number of budget deficits in the next budget cycle.
Colorado Democrats, From their perspective, blame the Republicans in Washington, D.C. for the shortage of state. The Legislature authorized $4.4 million in state Medicaid reimbursement programs through SB 25B ‑2 to plan for family planning, which requires state Medicaid to step in to repay reproductive health care providers to cover the HR-1 cuts.
When HR-1 came into effect in July, it immediately banned the use of Medicaid funds for one year in family planning. The law also proposes stricter Medicaid rules, including more frequent eligibility checks, new job requirements and stricter admission standards.
“Colorado Democrats have responsible for picking these pieces from the big, ugly budgets of Trump and Washington Republicans that any Republican member of our congressional delegation can stop,” said Democratic House Speaker Julie McCluskie in a statement. “Their bill provides companies with huge tax cuts that have allowed our budget to blow up a billion-dollar loophole. We took a balanced approach, closed down corporate tax loopholes, established a spending cut process, and leveraged some rainy savings to protect funds for health care, roads, and education.”
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President Donald Trump signed a large-scale Beauty Act at the White House on July 4. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Because Colorado tax system Using rolling compliance, it automatically adopts changes to federal tax laws, resulting in immediate state tax deficits.
But the budget war is far from over, Phukets warned. The lawmakers have proposed about $300 million in cuts for Gov. Jared Polis in the coming weeks, laying the foundation for another round of negotiations, which will bear the brunt of the reduction.
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Colorado Democrats accused DC Republicans of budget deficits. (Tony Savino/Corbis)
“In the last budget cycle, House Republicans “Of course, none of these amendments will be included in the budget,” Pugliese said.
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“I think the overall theme is that we spend a lot of money and now we have a bigger budget deficit,” she added.
